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Hank Rosso's Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising  
Author: Eugene R. Tempel (Editor)
ISBN: 0787962562
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Book Description
This thoroughly revised and updated edition of the classic book in the field provides a conceptual foundation for the fund raising profession. Hank Rosso's Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising examines the profession's principles, strategies, and methods and is filled with practical examples. Guided by the enduring philosophy of fund raising master Henry A. Rosso, contributors explain the reasoning behind the planning and selection of strategies for all fund raising activities, including building your case for support, approaching donors, managing campaigns, and demonstrating stewardship.


From the Back Cover
This thoroughly revised and updated edition of the classic book in the field provides a conceptual foundation for the fund raising profession. Hank Rosso's Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising examines the profession.s principles, strategies, and methods and is filled with practical examples. Guided by the enduring philosophy of fund raising master Henry A. Rosso, contributors explain the reasoning behind the planning and selection of strategies for all fund raising activities, including building your case for support, approaching donors, managing campaigns, and demonstrating stewardship. "The greatest compliment a master teacher can be paid is to have his students carry on in grand fashion his work. His students learned well and many have achieved excellence. Hank's work lives on in their words." — Kent E. Dove, senior adviser, Indiana University Foundation "There are few true classics in the literature upon which any field of practice is based. Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising serves the nonprofit sector with a distinctive blend of quality leadership and sound guidance. Fund development success is built on the strategic integration of the contents of this important publication." — Robert F. Long, vice president for programs, W.K. Kellogg Foundation "Excellence in Fund Raising includes the different cultures of giving with the latest in diversity fund raising . . . a must for any nonprofit leader." — Rebecca Adamson, founder and president, First Nations Development Institute "As the medical profession has its Gray's Anatomy, the fund raising profession now has an equivalent text. I have practiced this profession for forty-two years and I am confident that there is nowhere else one could or need go beyond Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising, second edition, to gain an understanding of the comprehensive anatomy of fund raising. This book should be must reading for all who currently practice as a reminder of all the great and lasting principles that define this calling and for all who aspire to enter this noble and fulfilling profession." — Charles R. Stephens, managing partner, Skystone Ryan, Inc.


About the Author
Eugene R. Tempel is executive director of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. The Nonprofit Times has named him to its list of the country's fifty most influential leaders in the nonprofit sector each year since the list was created. Tempel is the author and coauthor of several books including Fund Raisers: Their Careers, Stories, Concerns, and Accomplishments (Jossey-Bass) which he coauthored with Margaret A. Duronio.




Hank Rosso's Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of the classic book in the field provides a conceptual foundation for the fund raising profession. Hank Rosso's Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising examines the profession.s principles, strategies, and methods and is filled with practical examples. Guided by the enduring philosophy of fund raising master Henry A. Rosso, contributors explain the reasoning behind the planning and selection of strategies for all fund raising activities, including building your case for support, approaching donors, managing campaigns, and demonstrating stewardship.

"The greatest compliment a master teacher can be paid is to have his students carry on in grand fashion his work. His students learned well and many have achieved excellence. Hank's work lives on in their words." — Kent E. Dove, senior adviser, Indiana University Foundation

"There are few true classics in the literature upon which any field of practice is based. Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising serves the nonprofit sector with a distinctive blend of quality leadership and sound guidance. Fund development success is built on the strategic integration of the contents of this important publication." — Robert F. Long, vice president for programs, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

"Excellence in Fund Raising includes the different cultures of giving with the latest in diversity fund raising . . . a must for any nonprofit leader." — Rebecca Adamson, founder and president, First Nations Development Institute

"As the medical profession has its Gray's Anatomy, the fund raising profession now has an equivalent text. I have practiced this profession for forty-two years and I am confident that there is nowhere else one could or need go beyond Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising, second edition, to gain an understanding of the comprehensive anatomy of fund raising. This book should be must reading for all who currently practice as a reminder of all the great and lasting principles that define this calling and for all who aspire to enter this noble and fulfilling profession." — Charles R. Stephens, managing partner, Skystone Ryan, Inc.

SYNOPSIS

Providing a conceptual foundation for the fund raising profession, this second edition is updated to reflect changes in the field over the past 12 years and includes 11 new chapters on new fund raising opportunities, technological developments, and the continuing professional development of fund raising. The book can be used in courses on fund raising and resource development, and is also useful for practitioners and volunteers. Tempel is affiliated with the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

     



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